This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.